Improvement in coal-oil chandeliers



J. SHRIVER.

COAL OIL CHANDELIER.

No. 175,770. Patented April 4;, 1876.

NPETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D C UNITED, 'ra'rns JAMESSHRIVER, OF BALTIMORE, MD., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FIFTH OF HIS RIGHT TO EDMUNDV. HERMAGE AND JAMES R. BREWER,"OF SAME PLAOE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CQAL-OlL CHANDELIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,770, dated April 4,1876; application filed I March 4, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known, that I, JAMES SHRIVER, ofBaltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Goal-Oil Uhandeliers,and I do hereby declare that the iollowing is afull, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is apcrspe. tive view. Fig. 2 shows the tubeB detached, and Fig. 3 is acrosssection after the line 00 m in Fig. l. g

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to chandeliers for burning coal-oil and itconsists in providing the SUSPBIlSlOIl-IOtl, sliding Within a slottedand notched tube by means of which it may be adjusted at any desiredheight, with a projecting catch or bracket at its upper end, whichanswers the double purpose of retaining the chandelier at any desiredheight by catching into the notches in the suspensiontube, and offorming fastenings or supports for arms carrying smoke-caps,substantially as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A is a coal-oil chandelier, which is constructed in theusual manner, having oil-receptacle 0, arms D, burners E, andsuspension-rod F. This latter has a projecting pin or bracket, G, whichslides in the slot 1) in the tube B, in which the suspension-rod itselfslides.

From one or both sides of slot 12 in tube B extend a series ofdownwardly-slanting slots, 0, in which the pin G may be made to rest,thus preventing the chandelier from dropping down. The retaining pin orbracket G is provided with two yertical perforations, g, opposite toeach other, and so arranged that each perforation y will be justopposite to and on a line with the burners E E. Into the perforations 9may be inserted, whenever desirable, bent iron rods or stout wires,projecting at-right angles from the tube B, parallel to the arms D l),to the ends of which smoke-caps are affixed, so as to be just over theburners. It will be observed that, by this arrangement, the smoke-capswill be raised or lowered with the chandelier, so as to be always aneven distance from the burners. Tube B is aflixed under the ceiling inany suitable manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent The combination of the chandelier A, having arms D andburners E, with the slotted and notched adjusting-tube B and slidingsuspension-rod F, the latter having pin or bracket Gr, provided withperforations 9 arranged opposite to the burners E, substantially as andfor the purpose herein shownand specified.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES SHRIVER.

